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Awards/FORMULA GRANT (A)

$148,603,744

Department of Transportation·Federal Highway Administration

to TRANSPORTATION NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT

ACTION DATE2026-04-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_693JJ22230000Y001NC0404148_069
Award description

PROJECT TITLE: I-40/I-85 TO THE DURHAM COUNTY LINE :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: I-40/I-85 TO THE DURHAM COUNTY LINE; WIDEN TO 6 LANES & INSTALL ITS

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Widen I-40/I-85 corridor to 6 lanes and install intelligent transportation systems in North Carolina.

Sub-sectors
highway-infrastructurefhwa-formula-grantinterstate-expansion
Why this matters

Critical interstate corridor expansion improves regional freight mobility and economic connectivity between Research Triangle and Charlotte metros.

Supply-chain signal

Demand for construction materials, heavy equipment, and ITS technology vendors serving highway modernization projects.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002054.

Period of performance
Start
End
2034-09-30
Status
activein 3059 days
Sources

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